Location: NovaVerse Citadel – Strategic War Room
The captured Eclipse Priestess sat in a reinforced stasis pod, eyes closed, lips murmuring in an unknown language. But her mind had already revealed what they needed.
Auriel projected a 3D hologram of the galactic star map.
"Confirmed," the AI announced. "Coordinates traced to an uncharted planet in the Forsaken Expanse—Designation: Drakar VII."
"That's where they buried him," Su Yiran said. "The first of Veyron's Sleeper Kings."
"Name?" Bai Chen asked.
"Warlord Kel'Tharion," Xinyi replied darkly. "I remember his name from my dreams… He was the Eclipse Vanguard General. A butcher of stars."
Ye Qingyue tapped her wristpad. "Scans say the planet's atmosphere is breathable… but corrupted. Radiation spikes. Something's warping time near the tomb."
Lin Yuwei smirked. "Sounds like a trap."
"Which is why we're springing it first," Bai Chen said, rising. "We're not waiting for their army to come knocking. We bring the war to them."
System Mission Activated: "Tomb of Kel'Tharion"
🌌 Objective: Infiltrate the burial world of Drakar VII
– Prevent the reawakening of Warlord Kel'Tharion
– Secure or destroy the Eclipse Crown Relic
⚠️ Warning: The tomb is protected by Void Sentinels and temporal anomalies
💎 Rewards:
– 1M System Points
– Eclipse-Tech Armor Core
– Trait Unlock: "Voidborn Slayer"
Scene: En Route – Stellar Cruiser Nova Fang
The Nova Fang, sleeker and faster than the Nova Crown, sliced through subspace. Bai Chen piloted it personally, with Tang Xinyi at his side. Yuwei led the security squad, while Qingyue ran orbital scans.
As they entered the Forsaken Expanse, the light dimmed unnaturally. Stars vanished.
"We've crossed into a shadow zone," Ye Qingyue reported. "Drakar VII is ahead—30,000 km. No beacon. No welcome."
Tang Xinyi's pupils shimmered faintly.
"The tomb is waking up. I can feel it."
Scene: Planetfall – Drakar VII
The shuttle landed in silence, surrounded by mountains shaped like broken swords. Black sand stretched across the valley, and in its center stood the tomb: a stone pyramid wrapped in chains of obsidian metal, pulsing with faint red light.
Bai Chen stared.
"That's no tomb. That's a prison."
Su Yiran scanned the perimeter. "No known life signs… but there's movement underground."
Suddenly, the wind screamed—and a dozen Void Sentinels rose from the sand.
Combat Initiated: Nova Team vs. Void Sentinels
Lin Yuwei was already airborne.
"Let's dance, demons!"
She cleaved through two sentinels in a blaze of sparks. Qingyue dropped a tactical EMP grid, scrambling the Void resonance field.
Tang Xinyi unleashed her Voidstep Chains, dragging two sentinels into a collapsing time bubble.
"They're feeding off the tomb," she shouted. "We need to cut the core!"
Bai Chen activated his Galactic Flame Gauntlets—a gift from the Star Tribunal.
"Then let's melt it!"
He punched the sands, a tidal wave of molten energy blasting forward. Sentinels turned to ash.
Scene: Inside the Tomb
The team entered the pyramid through a sealed obsidian gate. Inside, time pulsed irregularly. Their footsteps echoed in reverse. Whispers crawled through the air.
At the center chamber was a sarcophagus surrounded by six energy pillars, each flickering with Eclipse script.
And upon the sarcophagus—the Crown of Eclipse.
Tang Xinyi halted. "That relic… it belonged to Veyron before he ascended the Throne. Kel'Tharion was buried with it."
Bai Chen stepped forward. "We're not here to loot. We're here to end this."
"Then do it now," said a deep, echoing voice.
The room trembled.
The sarcophagus cracked open.
A single armored hand reached out—blackened, ancient, burning with red lightning.
"Foolish children…"
"You come to the grave of war itself."
System Alert: Boss Fight Triggered – Warlord Kel'Tharion (Sealed Form)
🛡 HP: 65% (Weak from stasis)
🧠 Special Abilities: Time Decay, Soul Rend, Voidstorm
🎯 Objective: Defeat the Warlord before full power is restored
– Destroy energy pillars to weaken him further
Battle Begins
Kel'Tharion's form rose—eight feet tall, wielding a spear of pure entropy.
Lin Yuwei charged first, deflecting his spear with dual blades. "Too slow, ancient fossil!"
Tang Xinyi blinked behind him, stabbing into his back with her Eclipsebreaker daggers. He roared—but the energy pillars began to flare brighter.
"He's siphoning from the room!" Qingyue warned.
Bai Chen dashed across the battlefield, slamming his gauntlets into the first pillar. It shattered in a burst of flame.
"One down! Keep going!"
Yiran fired a coded beam into the second pillar. "Two!"
One by one, the energy support crumbled.
Kel'Tharion shrieked in rage.
"I will not die again! This galaxy will BURN!"
But he never saw Xinyi rise behind him—her hands glowing with both Eclipse and NovaVerse energy.
"Then rot in the darkness you came from."
She drove her palm into his chest.
"Eclipsebreaker Nova Pulse!"
The explosion shattered the tomb.
System Notification: Boss Defeated
✅ Warlord Kel'Tharion – Eradicated
✅ Eclipse Crown Secured
✅ Tomb Destroyed
🎁 Reward Claimed:
– Trait Unlocked: "Voidborn Slayer" (Bonus vs. all dark-typed enemies)
– Eclipse Crown Fragment: Stored in Stasis Vault
💘 Tang Xinyi Affection Maxed – Dual Bloodlines Harmonized
Final Scene: Returning to Earth
As the Nova Fang soared back toward Earth, Bai Chen looked out at the stars.
"One down. Three more to go."
Xinyi leaned against him, silent for a moment.
"Do you think… we can stop them all?"
He smiled. "We're not just stopping them, Xinyi. We're building something they can never destroy."
Behind them, the stars sparkled.
Ahead—war waited.